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Chair File: Fostering a Culture of Innovation and Safety in Health Care
In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a new era of innovation and safety in health care. Hospital and health system teams responded and adapted nimbly during the pandemic — developing and deploying innovative processes and creating new tools and technologies to better serve their patients, communities and care teams.
Bipartisan AHA-supported bill to protect health care workers from violence introduced in the House
Reps. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., and Larry Bucshon, R-Ind., today introduced the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees Act.
'Take Back Day' Saturday to dispose safely of prescription drugs
Oct. 23 is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, an opportunity for the public to safely dispose of unwanted or expired tablets, capsules, patches and other solid forms of prescription drugs.
Chair File: Patient Safety Week is Every Day for Hospitals and Health Systems
At hospitals and health systems across the country, patient safety is a priority every single day. Each year as AHA marks Patient Safety Awareness Week, we recognize the work of health care teams and promote discussions about patient safety. It’s a time when we also mark the progress we’ve made as a field, which is more important than ever as we look toward recovery from the pandemic.
Thank You To All Nurses
Congratulations to all of my nursing colleagues as we celebrate National Nurses Week. It is important that we take time to pause to recognize the valuable contributions that nurses make each a
Clinician Well-being and Resilience
The rapid pace of change in health care, from delivery redesign to risk-based payment models to increased data reporting and interoperability, has clinician attention divided among many competing p
Certification program prepares construction, facility workers for health care
The AHA’s American Society for Health Care Engineering today announced a certification program to help workers in facility management and construction understand the complexities of the health care physical environment, and hospitals reduce risks associated with construction.
Promising Results in CAUTI Reduction
While hospitals have made great strides in reducing—or in some cases, eliminating—many health care-associated infections, reduction of catheter-associated urinary tract infections, or CAUTI, has be
ISMP survey looks at support for text messaging of medical orders
Many health care providers do not support using text messaging for medical orders, according to a survey
FDA poster summarizes mattress cover safety recommendations
Health care facilities can download a new Food and Drug Administration